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Dune | Official Main Trailer
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ZywyPL
Banned
Someone should've told her she's not in Spider-Man anymore and can stop acting the depressed teenager.
I agree zendaya is annoying, and has the same annoyed expression in all her roles. She is the disaffected youth, side piece in every film i've seen her in. What have you done, zendaya, they're ALL the same look! I feel like i'm taking crazy pills, i invented the piano key neck tie, i INVENTED it!
FunkMiller
Member
Still trying to get my head around a 2 hour 35 minute movie that will only be half of a book adaptation - one that doesn't exactly speed along at a fast pace itself. How fucking slow is this thing going to be paced?
The fact they didn't film the second half at the same time also sounds absolutely crazy to me. The movie needs to make north of 500 million to turn a profit. In the middle of an ongoing pandemic.
Chances of getting part two made?
The fact they didn't film the second half at the same time also sounds absolutely crazy to me. The movie needs to make north of 500 million to turn a profit. In the middle of an ongoing pandemic.
Chances of getting part two made?
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Razvedka
Banned
I'm actually pleased with the book being broken up into two parts. It makes sense for one, as there is a 'time skip' part after Paul joins up with the Fremen so that's a logical ending point. For another, Herbert was pathologically incapable of actually doing any sort of 'showing' vs 'telling'; The man was positively allergic to writing action scenes. I was pretty disappointed reading the book for these and some other reasons, but I readily admit I probably cracked it open far later then I should've- and too late regardless given how old the book is period. I want to see the Harkonnen + Sarduakar battle against the Atreides in the first half of the book, not just the after math from Paul/Jessica and the Baron's point of view. I want a war.Still trying to get my head around a 2 hour 35 minute movie that will only be half of a book adaptation - one that doesn't exactly speed along at a fast pace itself. How fucking slow is this thing going to be paced?
The fact they didn't film the second half at the same time also sounds absolutely crazy to me. The movie needs to make north of 500 million to turn a profit. In the middle of an ongoing pandemic.
Chances of getting part two made?
With a running time this long the movie can breath while also providing these moments that the book, frankly, glossed over.
FunkMiller
Member
You might not be if you never see part two...
Razvedka
Banned
I will take what we have, even in that unfortunate scenario.
Insane Metal
Member
Do we have a date for the 4K trailer? Please? 
Best I can do for you is youtube 4KDo we have a date for the 4K trailer? Please?
ManaByte
Member
Insane Metal
Member
HOW CAN THEY NOT RELEASE THIS IN 4K
Halo is Back
Member
This look lit. My ass will be in the theaters opening week
Mossybrew
Banned
This is the only casting choice I don't care for. I just don't like her. But whatevs, I trust Denis and I'm so down for this. When I was in the hospital getting my guts fucked up in April I reread the book for the fourth time so I'm ready.
GeekyDad
Gold Member
Just can't.
Was excited about the prospect of another take at the story, but nah. As silly and often bazaar as Lynch's take was on the story, I felt like it was an honest interpretation. This...
I'm sure it will make lots of money. Doesn't look bad, just doesn't do anything for me in terms of stirring any emotion or interest.
Was excited about the prospect of another take at the story, but nah. As silly and often bazaar as Lynch's take was on the story, I felt like it was an honest interpretation. This...
I'm sure it will make lots of money. Doesn't look bad, just doesn't do anything for me in terms of stirring any emotion or interest.
Ulysses 31
Member
Feeling kinda the same, Bladerunner 2049 didn't do much for me either. Critical Drinker raises a lot of nagging questions I had with the movie in his review.
Kusanagi2086
Member
Also a concern of mine the first trailer was tailored to the dune fans while this trailer seemed to be a typical trailer meant to draw people in I hope it does well in the box office.
Villenauve is a terrific director but he has a track record of making great movies that unfortunetley flop at the box office and I am worried Dune will as well.
ValiantTraveler
Member
I re-watched Jodorowsky's Dune yesterday with my brother... now the Villeneuve adaptation seems very tame and conventional in its visuals. Everything is brown/black/grey/white. I find the vibrant colorfulness, strange technology, and flamboyant character designs in the unmade Dune to be a lot more fascinating.
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Melon Husk
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Villenneuve's films are bleak and gray. That's his style. He also hates set dressing. People live in sparsely decorated cavernous halls.
Re: trailer, unimpressive and didn't sway me either way. Funny that screen caps taken from the trailer over at Ars Technica hype me up more. Three and a half minutes of disjointed scenes is too long. It could have been split into three mini-trailers with cohesive themes.
Plans for a sequel and a prequel TV show before the first part is out is a red flag. Still optimistic, though.
Re: trailer, unimpressive and didn't sway me either way. Funny that screen caps taken from the trailer over at Ars Technica hype me up more. Three and a half minutes of disjointed scenes is too long. It could have been split into three mini-trailers with cohesive themes.
Plans for a sequel and a prequel TV show before the first part is out is a red flag. Still optimistic, though.
Lynch’s Dune was a mess, but a beautiful mess. In a way, though, the film led to “Blue Velvet” and later Twin Peaks.
“Dune” is a state of mind. It deserves a provocative, and evocative presentation. Jodorowsky’s take would have been interesting at the very least, and it probably would have worked given Lynch’s interpretation. I would also have liked to have seen Orson Welles play the Baron.
Not planning a part 2 film would be a red flag in this case. It’s half of the book.
ManaByte
Member
The sequel script is already written. Back in 2019 Jon Spaihts was the showrunner of the prequel based on Brian Herbert's shitty books, but Legendary TV removed him from the show so he could focus on finishing the script for part two:
‘Dune: The Sisterhood’ Showrunner to Exit HBO Max Series (Exclusive)
Jon Spaihts is stepping down as showrunner on 'Dune: The Sisterhood,' the straight-to-series TV offshoot of the forthcoming feature film for the WarnerMedia-backed streaming service HBO Max.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
The way it sounds like they worked was Eric Roth wrote the original draft Part 1 (which included some of the second half of the book), and then Spaihts whittled it down to the Part 1 that was filmed. Then Eric Roth did an outline for Part 2 that was presented to the Estate, and Legendary had Spaihts write that script.
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Really enjoying the cinematography so far. Greig Fraser was a solid pick.
Despite its' flaws, Rogue One was one of the more gorgeous looking of the recent Star Wars films, at least imo. Very earthy and moody.
I honestly have no idea where some of you are getting the impression the visuals are gray or grimdark lol
Despite its' flaws, Rogue One was one of the more gorgeous looking of the recent Star Wars films, at least imo. Very earthy and moody.
I honestly have no idea where some of you are getting the impression the visuals are gray or grimdark lol
ManaByte
Member
Really enjoying the cinematography so far. Greig Fraser was a solid pick.
Despite its' flaws, Rogue One was one of the more gorgeous looking of the recent Star Wars films, at least imo. Very earthy and moody.
I honestly have no idea where some of you are getting the impression the visuals are gray or grimdark lol
This is exactly what Dune is supposed to look like.
Razvedka
Banned
YES. you're right, this does look like Rogue One. That movie was very distinctive. So he's the mind behind that look? He's on Dune?Really enjoying the cinematography so far. Greig Fraser was a solid pick.
Despite its' flaws, Rogue One was one of the more gorgeous looking of the recent Star Wars films, at least imo. Very earthy and moody.
I honestly have no idea where some of you are getting the impression the visuals are gray or grimdark lol
Hot damn.
Ulysses 31
Member
One thing I've always wondered if it was in the books: if the spice only exists on Arrakis and is vital to space travel, how did other civilizations discover that planet without some form of space travel?
Toytown Assassin
Member
I honestly don't remember if it was covered but 3 possibilities come to mind.
1) really fucking slowly on generation ships
2) they used AI before it was banned.
3) it's possible for a navigator to fold space without the enhanced mental powers that spice gives them just very dangerous and some people took the risk.
BarringGaffner
Member
Yes it’s 3. Space folding doesn’t require spice, it uses the Holtzman effect which is the same tech that works in shields. I think it was 1 in 10 ships would be lost before navigators.
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Same, I love his interpretation of realism.
He's particularly good at capturing very "human" elements; whether that focus is psychological ( in Prisoners) or visceral ( in Sicario)
There's a certain amount of underlying tension in his films.
His sensibilities are just the sort that compliments the otherworldliness in hard science fiction, in cases like Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival.
Hyphen
Member
I'm very worried we won't get a part 2 either, that cast is gonna be hard to reassemble.
But really, a father has to ask the MOTHER if she will protect her own child? Why do writers put this kind of shit on paper?
And sadly, I know the '84 movie so well I need to translate the currently actors for Gurney and Idaho into their '84 counterparts to remember which is which
You'll think differently once you see that full scene. The exchange carries more weight than those few seconds cut for the trailer suggest.
Melon Husk
Member
First part could be adapted into a stand-alone film. This is an adaptation after all.
ManaByte
Member
The title on the movie is Dune Part One.
Melon Husk
Member
Yes, my point is that Part One better blow the audience's socks off. I suppose they will end Part One on a dark note somewhere after
the tooth.
BLAUcopter
Gold Member
Villeneuve is a true master.
Hardensoul
Member
I started watching Quins Idea channel last year, he's great at explaining Dune to a non book reader like me. I saw the 80's Dune. It was all I knew. Quin opened a whole new Dune to me.
His love and enthusiasm for the world and its characters are appreciated. The dude knows his stuff.
